Dress-stay



(No Model.) i A W. H. LAUNSTEIN.

l DRBSSSTAY.

NO. 592,118. Patented Oct. 19, 1897.

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ITE STATE FFICE ATENT DRESS-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 592,118, dated October 19, 1897. Application filed May 20, 1896. Serial No. 692, 52. (NO model.)

'To ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. LAUN- STEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Owosso, in the c ounty of Shiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress-Stays, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to dre ss-Stays made of spring metal and provided With'means for fastening the stay to the cloth Or other material of Which the dress-waist or similar arl Heretofore stays made of sheet metal and also of sheet metal and Other materials secured together or combined to form a dress-stay have been secured to the material of the waist or other article of apparel by means of metal fastenings either secured fiXedly to the stays or separable metal prongs or fastenings have been employed to secure the metal stay to the said article of apparel.

My invention consists in a dress-stay made from a plate of Sheet-steel having 'oppositelydisposed side extensions partly cut from the body of the material and turned up therefrom in a novel manner, as will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, illus tratin g my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of a sheet-metal blank Cut out to partly form my improved attachable metal dress-Stay; Fig. 2,. a perspective view of the said attachable dress-stay when 'finished with thefasteningprongs turned up from the stay-plate ready for insertion; Fig. 3, a perspective view of my improved attachable dress-stay when finished and covered with oloth or other suitable material; Fig. 4, a plan of fragments of a dress-stay,stay-covering, and'cloth to Which the stay is attached byintegral prongs turned from each other; and Fig. 5, a similar View of the parts shown in Fig. 4, With the fastening-prongs turned in the opposi-te direction.

The stay is made of finely-tempered thin steel plate A, out in the form shown in Fig. 1, with prongs ob a cut out from the sides of the plate opposite each other indouble pairs and turned up at right angles to the plate, as

shown in Fig. 2, and if the steel plate is to be highly tempered the temper may be drawn from the prongs a before they are turned, so

that they may be bent up without breaking.

The cover B is made of two pieces of suitable material, pinked at their edges and stitched together in any Well-known or preferred manner, the prongs CL of the plate being first passed through one side of the cover B. The prongs a have sharp points, which may be readily passed through the material forming the body or waist, as shown in Figs.

'4: and 5 of the drawings,`and turned down in either. direction to hold the stay securely to the material or to the body without being stitched thereto by means of the prongs a, struck-up from and formed integral with the metal plate A, comprising the stay. The stay thus made maybe very securely attached to the cover, as the prongs are located opposite each other are formed integral with the body of the plate and may be turned toward each other ,or in crossed opposite directions, which will prevent the material from creeping or slipping and securely hold the same. Besides, the prongs are in one piece with the plate and the latter is not weakened because Of the side extensions Which form the prongs, this feature being materially difierent from other 'stays for the purpose described.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As an article of manufacture, a dress stay or stiifener made of sheet-steel having parallel sides and oppoSitely-disposed side eX- tensions partly out from the body of the plate by longitudinal incisions forming extensions of the side lines of the stay to provide fastening-prongs which are turned up from the body of the plate, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. LAUNSTIN.

Witnesses A CHARLES D. STE ART, 7 SID EY B." PRATT. 

